Survivorship Education Videos

The Head & Neck Cancer Alliance is pleased to share the recorded videos of past survivorship webinars. These webinars focus on different topics that will help head and neck cancer patients understand what to expect before, during and after treatment and tips on managing side effects from treatment.

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Expected Life Changes After Diagnosis with Head and Neck Cancer and Therapy

The "Expected Life Chances After Diagnosis with Head and Neck Cancer and Therapy" webinar featured Marci Lee Nilsen, PhD, RN, CHPN and cancer survivor, Lyn Garbarino, OTR/ L, CLT. Click here to learn more about the speakers from this series and the webinar partners.

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Caring for Your Lymphatic System

The "Caring for Your Lymphatic System" webinar featured Angela Wicker-Ramos, PT, DPT, CLT-LANA and cancer survivor, Jacki Rogozinski. Click here to learn more about the speakers from this series and the webinar partners.

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Stretching, Strengthening and Posture:
Critical Elements of Self-Care for Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

The "Stretching, Strengthening and Posture: Critical Elements of Self-Care for Head and Neck Cancer Survivors" webinar featured Barbara Murphy, MD and cancer survivor, Dawn Sanschagrin. Click here to learn more about the speakers from this series and the webinar partners.

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Psychological Issues in the Survivorship Period: 
Strategies for Recognizing and Changing Negative Thinking

The "Psychological Issues in the Survivorship Period: Strategies for Recognizing and Changing Negative Thinking" webinar featured Liz Cash, PhD and cancer survivor, David Neu, MBA. Click here to learn more about the speakers from this series and the webinar partners.

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​​​​​How To Be A Survivor Champion

The "How To Be A Survivor Champion" webinar was moderated by AHNS president and HNCA Executive Board Member, Cherie-Ann Nathan, MD, and featured celebrity cancer survivors, voice actor, Rob Paulsen and Pro Football Hall of Famer, Jim Kelly, HNCA ambassador, Secretary of the HNCA Board, SupermanHPV and cancer survivor, Jason Mendelsohn, and HNCA ambassador and cancer survivor, Gail Jackson. Click here to learn more about the speakers from this series, webinar partners and resources on becoming a survivor champion.

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Oral Health for Head and Neck Cancer Survivors

The "Oral Health for Head and Neck Cancer Survivors" webinar was moderated HNCA President, Michael Moore, MD, FACS and featured HNCA board member, Joel B. Epstein, DMD and cancer survivor, Carolyn Dee. Click here to learn more about the speakers and other content from this series.

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Integrative Medicine

In collaboration with the HNCA SC Community, the "Integrative Medicine" webinar featured medical and cancer survivor, Chasse Bailey-Dorton, MD, MSPH, FAAFP.

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Intimacy in the Head and Neck Cancer Population

The "Intimacy in the Head and Neck Cancer Population" webinar was moderated by Heather M. Starmer MA CCC-SLP, BCS-S and featured Nicole Barr RN, NP, LMFT as the medical speaker, Mr. Jonathan Kaplan as the survivor speaker, and Dr. Carole Fakhry, HNCA Board of Directors and AHNS Survivorship Service Committee. Click here to learn more about the speakers and other content from this series.

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Managing Insomnia

The "Managing Insomnina" webinar, moderated by Warren C. Swegal, MD, featured medical presenters, Amy M. Williams, PhD and Marci Lee Nilsen, PhD, RN, and survivor speaker, Shant’a Miller-White. Click here to learn more about the speakers and other content from this series.

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Exploring Clinical Trial in Head and Neck Cancer

The Head and Neck Cancer Alliance (HNCA), Support for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC) and SQZ Biotechnologies hosted a webinar to discuss clinical trials within head and neck cancers as seen through the eyes of an oncologist, researcher and patient. The webinar featured head and neck cancer survivor, Thomas Bennet, and medical presenters, Sarah Roberts, MS, ACSM CET, Dan Zandberg, M.D. and Oliver Rosen, M.D.

To learn more about clinical trials click here. 

To find a clinical trial: ClinicalTrials.gov or HNCA Clinical Trial Finder

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Caregiver Needs

Head and Neck Cancer Alliance, in collaboration with the American Head & Neck Society, hosted a free webinar, Caregiver Needs, on May 4, 2021, at 5 PM ET. Moderated and presented by Dorothy Gold, MSW, LCSW-C, OSW-C, the webinar featured medical presenter, Marie Tobin, MD FACLP, and caregivers, Kristi Mason and Allison Breininger. 
Click here to learn more about the speakers and other content from this series.

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